American trumpet player, songwriter, bandleader and arranger.
Born July 20, 1921 Alameda, California.
Died May 1984 · Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA.

During World War II, he was a trumpet player and arranger for 640th Air Force band at Long Beach Air Base, and later went overseas wit the 691st A.F. band from Love Field, Dallas. On return to civilian life, he became and arrange for Les Baxter's orchestra and chorus--in his capacity being the orchestrator of some of Baxter's hit records including Quiet Village and Ruby. He also did many motion picture scores, both with Baxter and on his own.
In 1956, he was retained by Walter Schumann as arranger for The Voices of Walter Schumann on the Tennessee Ernie Ford TV show. After Schumann's death, he continued on as the program changed its name to The Top Twenty (with Harry Geller) and he remained as arranger for the five-year tenure of the show on NBC.
He was the co-director, with Les Baxter, of music publishing company [l417376] based in Torrance, Los Angeles. He remained active in motion pictures and reocordings, including working again with Harry Geller, scoring for the Phil Silvers TV series.